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05-08-2009, 09:40 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Bulgaria
Distribution: OpenSuse 10.3, Debian 4.0r3 "Etch", FreeBSD 7.1, Ubuntu
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File Storage Solution .... ?
Hello, I have few FreeBSD servers and I am considering making one of them a File Storage Server for my office workers, So they can upload documents,images,files,folders etc. on this server.
I was thinking about FTP (because I have it installed already on most machines) but still decided to ask you guys to see if somebody has another or better solution.
Thanks.
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05-08-2009, 09:46 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2007
Location: Brighton, UK
Distribution: Ubuntu Hardy, Ubuntu Jaunty, Eeebuntu, Debian, SME-Server
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Would it not make more sense to use SAMBA?
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05-08-2009, 09:55 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Bulgaria
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Originally Posted by irishbitte
Would it not make more sense to use SAMBA?
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Maybe... does SAMBA allows connections outside its network (I have used but don't remember)?
Cause the servers are not in the same office/network as my employees.
Thanks
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05-08-2009, 10:16 AM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Northeast Ohio
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Somethinkg like FreeNAS would work.. CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI
http://www.freenas.org/
If they are accessing the systems remotely I'd have them connecting via VPN for security reasons.. in which case Samba could work.
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05-08-2009, 10:57 AM
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Gentoo support team
Registered: May 2008
Location: Lucena, Córdoba (Spain)
Distribution: Gentoo
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If you are going to access from outside I would consider security the main concer, and hence, I'd suggest using an encrypted protocol: ssh.
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05-08-2009, 08:18 PM
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As FarSlayer puts it:
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If they are accessing the systems remotely I'd have them connecting via VPN for security reasons.. in which case Samba could work.
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I think this is the route you should consider. FTP is good for files in the public domain, but not anything company specific.
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05-09-2009, 11:35 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Bulgaria
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Maybe I will go for SAMBA and will put the two networks in VPN...
Thanks.
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